Tytania

I watched the final episode of Tytania today. This anime is a classic space opera with great space battles between huge fleets of space ships. You just don't see much of that in science fiction anymore, so that alone made it worth watching. Fortunately, there is also a great story so there is more to it that just the space battles.

The Tytania family are the most powerful group in the Empire but they do not govern directly. Instead they control most of the trade in the Empire and use their powerful battle fleets to maintain order in the name of the Emperor, who depends on them completely. Needless to say, the Tytania family are not very popular.

One man, Fan Hulic, emerges as the hero of all Tytania's enemies after he defeats them in a battle which should have had an easy victory. Hulic is a reluctant hero and spends a great deal of time trying to hide from Tytania's forces. If Tytania had left Hulic alone, he would just have faded away, but their relentless pursuit eventually forces him to start fighting back.

The story isn't about the end of Tytania, but is really about the beginning of the end (with apologies to a famous British Prime Minister). Big changes do not happen over night and tyrants do not collapse after one battle, but Tytania is no longer perceived as being invincible, means that their power is already greatly diminished.